Distributing device.



0. GAVIGLIA.

DISTRIBUTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED 11116.30, 190a.

WITNESSES INVENTOH Ociam'a Cauz'yliw A TTORNF Y8 P ATENTED MAY 14, 1907.

' following is ooTAvIo OAVIGLIA, OF HABANA, CUBA.

- DISTRIBUTING DEVICE.

Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented May 14. 1907.

Application filed August 30,1906- Serial No. 332,627.

To It whoyn it may concern..-

Be it known that I, ()o'rAvio CAVIGLIA, a subject of the King of Spain, and a resident of llabana, Cuba, have invented a new and Improved Distributing Device, of which the a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention has for its object to provide means adapted to contain commodities of various kinds, and to discharge suchcommodities as desired in predetermined quantities. This I accomplish by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which drawi ngs like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the views, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device embodying my invention and Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the same.

As illustrated in the drawings, 1 represents the shell of a receptacle which is preferably made of transparent material, such as glass, and cylindrical in form. The receptacle is provided with a bottom 2 having a hub formed on its lower central portion provided with an aperture 2 and a top 4, each of which is preferably curved vertically and horizontally, as shown in the drawings. The bottom 2 is provided with a flange 3 adapted to overlap the lower end of the cylinder 1, and the top 4 is provided with a similar flange 5. The lower end of the cylinder 1 is preferably cemented or otherwise ermanently secured to the flange 3 of the ottom 2, while the flange 5 of the top 4 is secured to the upper end of the cylinder so as to the top to be readily removed andt ereby enable the mechanism of the interior of the receptacle to be removed and cleaned. A tube 9 is provided with a threaded lower end 9 having a threaded engagement with the hub of the bottom 2 of the receptacle. The lower portion of the tube'9 above the end 9? is cut away pre erably in, a curved line 9 so as to form apertures on the opposite sides of such portion of the tube. The curved line 9 is convergent at its lower portion with the surface of the bottom of the receptacle so as to make the ed e of the aperture of the tube 9 flush with the ottom' surface of the receptacle, and thereby prevent the contents of the rece tacle from 10 g aroundthat portion of the tube. The tube 9 is also provided with an interior annular shoulder or fl e 9 forming a bearing for a spring'10'mounted- -1.

upon said flange.

. end 7 of the ermit by means of a cured to the lower portion of said rod, the

diameter of which is equal to the inner diameter of the tube 9.

The lower portion 12 of the plunger 12 is referably inclined from the outer edge inwardly to the rod 11. The lower extremity of the rod 11 is provided with a conical head '13 which is adapted to bear against the lower extremity of the bottom 2 of the receptacle so as to close the aperture 2 formed in said bottom and prevent the contents of the receptacle from passing out through said orifice .while the head 13 is in contact therewith.

Brackets 5 of the bottom and top of the receptacle and are provided with suitable apertures adapted toengage a bar 7 and to be secured thereto by means of set screws 8, by means whereof the. receptacle may be adjustable vertically'on said bar and to be entirely removed therefrom, end of the bar.

7 is adapted to be secured to a base having a hub 7 by means of a threaded bar 7 engaging therewith. Laterally extending feet 7 are formed on the hub 7 and are adapted to support the bar 7 and the receptacle secured thereto. 's device is ada ted to be used with materials of various 'nds, but is especially adapted to contain sugar and to measure out the desired amount for a cup of cofi'ee without handling the bulk of thesugar contained in the receptacle. It is also adapted to be used for dischar g pulverized sea and other materials in esired quantities. prefer to gnount the receptacle u on a portable base, such as shown inthe as to enable the receptacle to be placed upon a table or removed therefrom, but in some instances I prefer to attach the receptacle to v bracket to a bracket secured to a wall, such a consist of a bar similar to the bar 7 having one end thereof secured to the wall instea of to a portable base. When the device is in use the top 4 is removed from the rece tacle and the contents inserted within the cy der tion on the upper end of the cylinder. 4 The 6 are secured to the flanges 3 and if desired. The lower.

awings, so-

he cover may then be placed in positon 16 'the plunger 12 descends in thereby removing its conical lower head 13' apertures-9 of the tube 9 opening'into the interior of the cylinder permit the material 1 within the cylinder to enter through said apertures and into the chamber 2 'for1ned in the bottom of the receptacle and in the lower portion 9- of thetube 9; The area of such ortions of the rece tacle may be'regulated y adjusting the tul ieQ vertically by means of its threaded endso as to hold the desired quantity of material. 1 As the 'rod 11 is pressed downward by means of the push'butt 1e tube 9 from engagement with the lower extremity of the bottom of the receptacle and opening the aperture 2, while the plunger 12 forces out the material contained 1n the aperture 2 of the bottom of the receptacle and in the lower portion 9 of the tube 9. I

Having thus described the preferred form v of my invention, what I claim as new and de- -tally, and a body'of said receptacle, of a tube having an open end secured to the bottom of the receptacle and provided with sire'tosecure byLetters Patent is :c

1. The combination 1 with a receptacle having a bottom provided with-a central aperture and curved vertically and horizontop detachably secured to the V lateral apertures and an interior shoulder,.a reciprocating rod cured to the hub of said bottom and pro- -vided with lateral apertures convergent at i their lower edge with the bottom of said re- I ceptacle, and an interior shoulder, a reei irocating rod having a bearing on said shoulder and provided. with a head adapted to close the aperture in the bottom of said receptacle, a plunger secured to said rod on one side oi" said shoulder, and a spring secured to said rod on the opposite side of said shoulder,

substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

v .OCTAVIO OAVIGLIA.

Witnesses:

Josnrlr A. SPRINGER, OLIVER H. HAs'rrNGs, 

